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Comment from Vicki on 2009-11-07

2009-11-07T21:53:55Z

Task manager gets disabled when my disabled son runs some of his CD games, these stupid games also have AOL which I don't want on my computer but since my son does not read or write, he sometimes gets AOL started configuring and that seems to disable my task manager. If there was a way I could make it so that AOL can not load at all, that would be wonderful. I don't appreciate that AOL keeps trying to load on my computer or that when I buy a computer, there is AOL already on it.

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Comment from Mark on 2009-11-04

2009-11-04T20:50:32Z

Very helpful, instructions were clear and coherent and it fixed the problem straight away!

Thanks very much!

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Comment from pooja on 2009-10-25

2009-10-25T12:42:59Z

it's not work tell me what i do and which anti virus is best

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Comment from kyky on 2009-10-24

2009-10-24T09:33:39Z

thanks people: use this site: http://www.taskmanagerfix.com/
works like a charm!!

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Comment from VIKRAM on 2009-10-23

2009-10-23T13:17:12Z

I TRIED ALL THE METHODS BUT OF NO USE.I HAVE WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2.WHENEVER I TRY TO OPEN THE GOOGLE SITE IT SAYS GOOGLE BANNED.TASK MANAGER IS DISABLED AND REGISTRY EDITOR IS OK.PLEASE HELP
I HAVE LATEST AVG UPDATES BUT IT DOES NOT DETECT ANY VIRUS
PLEASE HELP

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Comment from hoda on 2009-10-05

2009-10-05T09:35:35Z

hi , my gpedit and regedit page is so disable !!!
i think its virus!

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Comment from juan on 2009-09-28

2009-09-29T00:52:59Z

i can't open gpedit.msc with run
it says it is infected. can you help me?

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Comment from Paul2 on 2009-09-25

2009-09-26T02:47:41Z

Looks like I'm the 2nd Paul here today. Thanks for making this easy to find!

In case this helps others:

While my AV (antivirus) software was seemed to have caught and removed a bunch of problems affecting my pc, it was stil catching a virus/trojan symtom. I still had trouble as some infected files (beep.sys, winlogon.exe) kept triggering my AV alerts. They apparently could not be un-infected.

I tried many changes and hacks, rebooting frequently, but the AV messages kept popping up every minute or so.

Running system restore to a day before the infection was reported by Windows XP to have "not worked", but the remainder of "rustok.r" infection is now gone.

But the damage of not being able to run Task Manager was still here until I found this article.

And then I could see nothing strage was running. Or so I think at this point!

Thanks again!

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Comment from Ajith on 2009-09-24

2009-09-24T14:15:46Z

I tired the 1st step and the GP policy is set to "Not COnfigured", even thou my task manager is disabled. I try to run 'regedit" and I get a message that it is disabled. It appears that the worm is much stronger for this solution, do you have any other fix?

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Comment from John Athisayaraj on 2009-09-23

2009-09-23T16:26:08Z

I have windows Xp professional sp2...
My task manager is disabled...I tried to your first step(gpedit.msc)....But i don't have a opition (ctrl+alt+del)in the system.How can i enabled taskmanager....

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Comment from wnay on 2009-09-13

2009-09-13T10:08:39Z

tq...it's really helpful and simple =)

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Comment from Collins on 2009-09-12

2009-09-12T20:00:13Z

Thanks very much it worked like magic. I Just finished installing windows after installing all the software task manager was disabled but thanks to you i have it back

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Comment from MJ on 2009-09-11

2009-09-12T04:15:02Z

i tried gpedit.msc, it worked but, my task manager has been disabled again.

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Comment from jame-kenya on 2009-09-08

2009-09-09T06:11:31Z

i tried and it worked immediately thank you so very much

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Comment from hagara on 2009-09-06

2009-09-06T11:50:44Z

Help, i can't open gpedit.msc with run
it says it doesnt't excist
is my computer completely malfunctioned ?
please help

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Comment from Kellie on 2009-09-01

2009-09-01T12:56:30Z

Thank you so much i got my task manager back and up anad running

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Comment from Tiznado on 2009-08-28

2009-08-28T18:13:11Z

Thanks a lot however I have a smaller problem. Task Manager shows but for a few seconds and closes itself again.

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Comment from Joe Dauriac on 2009-08-27

2009-08-28T02:25:59Z

Thanks for the help. I had to have remote assistance a couple of weeks ago for a virus and lost access to my task manager. Your assistance in restoring it was on the head.

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Comment from Fay on 2009-08-24

2009-08-24T20:47:52Z

Thank you on the help on why my task manager disabled. I went to the site task manager fix and it did the trick for me. I really am so greatful for your help in this matter.

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Comment from John on 2009-08-22

2009-08-22T16:33:35Z

Thank you for the help. I was able to fix the problem but when I turn off my computer and turn it back on the problem comes back with pc-codec-pack that continually gives warning fatal error that my computer is not protected. It is a very annoying problem to continually fix. How can I completely remove this bogus software scam.
Thanks John

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Comment from zameer tamboli on 2009-08-18

2009-08-18T15:42:21Z

i cant install any software in xp,& i got massage u r task manager disabled, &u can cange setting witout check NCRC ..while double click on installer.

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Comment from Ajamu Azibo on 2009-08-14

2009-08-14T18:53:55Z

I just used the steps for users not running XP Pro and it was simple, easy to follow, and worked fine the very first time. I didn't have to retry anything, restart my computer, none of that, it was repaired in seconds. Thank you very much for the information.

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Comment from Chris on 2009-08-14

2009-08-14T07:03:44Z

Just tried the "gpedit.msc" fix on my machine and it worked fine, thanks.

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Comment from vivek on 2009-08-13

2009-08-13T10:35:14Z

If anybody has problem in editing regedit and browsing gpedit.msc....i have a simpler solution.
Get a copy of registry key fromm a non infected computer and install it in your pc(caution:your system bust be thoroughly scanned from an updated antivirus first).
You can contact me if u need this.
IT works!!

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Comment from Bob on 2009-08-11

2009-08-12T00:30:38Z

I used Arshad's method when "Not Configure" did not work. I hit "Disable" and my task manager came right up.

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Comment from Arshad on 2009-08-09

2009-08-09T08:08:25Z

Thanks alot,

I have done it but I made some slight changes to your procedure... Instead of selecting Not Configure option in gpedit.msc, i select Disabled option and it work...

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Comment from keil on 2009-08-02

2009-08-02T13:04:54Z

i found my solution here http://howtodothingsbeginners.blogspot.com/2009/07/enable-your-task-manager-and-other.html

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Comment from Rachel on 2009-07-24

2009-07-24T11:48:22Z

I have been able to delete the registry fro 'Disable Task Manager' but as soon as I do, it shows up again! Now what??

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Comment from Douglas on 2009-07-22

2009-07-23T00:57:03Z

To enable Task Manager download and run Task Manager Fix v2.0 available at http://www.taskmanagerfix.com/

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Comment from Customcomp on 2009-07-21

2009-07-21T08:57:46Z

I cannot run regedit???

Any ideas.

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Comment from naif on 2009-07-21

2009-07-21T08:19:13Z

i wrote gpedit.msc but the window could not be open Why??????

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Comment from joey on 2009-07-19

2009-07-19T23:21:03Z

im already done. BUT, still appearing that. what i should do?

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Comment from Ravi kumar017 on 2009-07-08

2009-07-08T12:57:36Z

this is applicapable only in condition while regedit is enable.not works when regedit is disabled.

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Comment from Sarah on 2009-07-04

2009-07-05T03:10:16Z

Hi I tried to do this as I have virus scanned my computer and it can't find one but I'm also locked out of registry editor what should I do?

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Comment from NIRMAL on 2009-07-04

2009-07-05T01:19:40Z

I have dled the freeware AVG and scan my disk C and i found a trajan and i have already healed and removed it. But all yr above methods don;t work for me. Mine is windows XP. I've tried both methods but it didnt work. The 2nd method when i typed in regedit and enter. it said registry editing has been disabled by the adminstrator. SO how do i solve this prob? Yr help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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Comment from Rajat on 2009-06-30

2009-06-30T09:57:58Z

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Comment from Rohit on 2009-06-21

2009-06-21T11:49:09Z

ctrl+alt+del.is not come under the system row...still the problem is stand

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Comment from Tobi on 2009-06-18

2009-06-18T23:57:09Z

My system (Win Xp Pro) was affected by a virus or malware, I Use Avast (It has real time protection) and malwarebytes (no real time protection) I do not think that my comp is still clean even though Malwarebytes detected some malware and removed them b'coz my comp is still very slow and I think it may have some trojan in it as well . but never the less with this article i was able to reactivate my task manager and regedit was as well disabled and one of the comment on this site helped me so again thank u LS for your comment. Here are the details of the infected file. 1.Worm.Autorun (registry value)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\Run\MSN Messenger,
2.Worm Auto Run(File) c:\Windows\system32\SVRCHOst.exe,
3. Hijack.System.Hidden (Registry Data) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL\Checked Value,
4.Hijack.Regedit (Registary data)HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\Policies\System\DisableRegsirtyTools, 5. HijackTask manager (Registry data) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\Policies\System\Disabletaskmgr, 6. Hijack Folder Options (Registtry Data) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\Policies\Explorer\NoFolderoptions. As I told u earlier I do not think that my comp is clean and i had to delete the Disable Task manager manaually and i can still find Disable Regisrty tools, No folder options for the Hijack Malware in my registry and a tool from Malware bytes called as File Assasin can locate SVRCHOST.exe in the sytem 32, can i delete them and can I as well delete Disable Regisrty tools, No folder options from the registry as I did to enable the task manager

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Comment from naveen on 2009-06-16

2009-06-17T05:28:01Z

i've tried the above mentioned methods. nothing is wrking. neither is my regedit working. wat do i do? i have avira. after scanning it shows d reports but no way to delete d virus........ help me out

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Comment from LS on 2009-06-15

2009-06-16T05:41:07Z

This was immensly useful. Having bitten by the Autorun worm I was trying to get the machine to come back to normal. Even the Regedit wasn't launching.. so where's what I did...

To enable Regedit
A-1) Start -> Run
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Launch Regedit now and delete the Taskmanager registry entry as Leo explained

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Comment from Ian Baker on 2009-06-15

2009-06-15T19:50:35Z

THANK YOU!!!!
that helped sooo much,other web sites have told me to set the disable tsk mngr file to 0,and that didnt help at all!
but ow i am runing again thanks too your help
I will deff be using this site again and tell my friends about it

Thank you,Ian Baker

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Comment from Bibie on 2009-06-11

2009-06-11T07:06:56Z

I just can't access my registry editor yet.
What best AntiVirus free in this world??
Would you mine to tell me, via email??
Thank you so much..........

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Comment from Neha on 2009-06-04

2009-06-04T16:56:05Z

Well, Thanks a lot lori,this information really worked for me.I had been getting this problem from couples of days,after seeing this forum ..... I hv got my task manager back with a bang.......thnqq........lolzz........

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Comment from Pong on 2009-06-01

2009-06-01T16:18:02Z

sry for the comment i made earlier, i've found a solution on this site http://www.technize.com/2007/07/02/registry-editing-has-been-disabled-by-your-administrator/ and i've used this tweak that they gave which i don't know whether its gd or bad, do u mind explaining a bit on this, REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

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Comment from Pong on 2009-06-01

2009-06-01T15:57:04Z

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Comment from Lori on 2009-05-31

2009-06-01T02:56:40Z

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!
I've been having trouble with a virus and finally got it removed but I didn't have a task manager.
This information helped me a bunch!
THANK YOU!!!

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Comment from Manuel on 2009-05-30

2009-05-31T02:12:03Z

thanks! it worked! you're awesome!

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Comment from Faustin on 2009-05-25

2009-05-25T13:11:11Z

The Task manager is enabled and disabled within a minute.

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Comment from ken from Billings, Mont on 2009-05-24

2009-05-24T19:06:56Z

Thank you! Took me about a minute to navigate to enable admin controls. Darn viruses! I'm good now, thank you.

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Comment from Kris on 2009-05-10

2009-05-11T01:54:13Z

I have a Compaq Presario C700 Notebook with Vista Home Premium....

Both Task manager and Regedit has been disabled...

I am the One and only user of it...

gpedit.msc is not available in Vista home edition...

any suggestions to enable Task manager and regedit

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Comment from Sergico on 2009-05-09

2009-05-10T02:49:50Z

Thank you so much! This is SUPER helpful. I was getting so frustrated with it because my firefox kept freezing and i couldn't do anything about it. Thanks alot!!

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Comment from Kym on 2009-05-02

2009-05-03T00:57:24Z

Thanks! My dad has been going crazy trying to figure out how his task manager got disabled. When he gets home tonight he'll be happy to know it's been enabled again! And I believe I'll be bookmarking your page for future reference!

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Comment from Mirchi on 2009-04-28

2009-04-28T11:18:19Z

The third Trick works for me.
Thanks a lot Guys.
Your support is rocking.
Great work done.
Thanks once again.

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Comment from murali on 2009-04-24

2009-04-25T01:34:18Z

Thanks.. taskmgr did get enabled but gets killed in two seconds.. any thoughts?

Your machine is likely still infected with the virus that caused the problem in the first place. You'll need to remove it somehow. Try running an up-to-date virus scan, perhaps after booting into safe mode.

- Leo
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Comment from Luc on 2009-04-19

2009-04-19T12:26:16Z

It's enabled back! Thanks! Your guide was easy to follow :D

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Comment from Hayley Elliott on 2009-04-18

2009-04-18T22:04:15Z

I just want to say thank you. I am glad I have my task manager back now. You made it pretty easy!

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Comment from ahish agrawal on 2009-04-17

2009-04-17T17:55:10Z

hey thx my task manager is enabled back. thx alot. i hve 1 more problem my folder options are missing wht shld i do. plz mail me the solutuion of it at [Email address removed]

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Comment from Yamini on 2009-04-15

2009-04-15T15:30:29Z

hey this http://www.taskmanagerfix.com/ works wonderful. just a click and its fixed. thanks JBTant...

but can anyone tell me how to find my missing sys-tray icons???

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Comment from gurpreet on 2009-04-14

2009-04-15T01:14:13Z

was hit by lots of viruses, cause of lots of visiting to porno sites. without installed any antivirus and spy ware. but after goin through all what u said, i got all things back like taskmanager, and quick links etc. this things works

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Comment from milan antani on 2009-04-13

2009-04-14T05:41:33Z

hey i have MC AFEE anti virus software installed on my system.it has all the latest available DATs.i update it regularly.but even the anti virus software has been disabled.and task manager is not working.i am using windows xp professional service pack 2

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Comment from judith on 2009-04-10

2009-04-11T05:11:08Z

thanks for the instruction, i've been 25 times reinstall my windows installation cause that things happened,no solution i got,till i foun this page as my next my computer doctors. thanks leo...

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Comment from dhaanesh on 2009-04-10

2009-04-10T13:39:23Z

yes its great and works but at the last part it showed not configured already so i changed that in to disable so it worked is tat ok

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Comment from mongoose4mysnake on 2009-04-09

2009-04-10T06:59:14Z

it was easy and really specific step-by-step for a dummy like me. thanks a lot Leo the man!

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Comment from barani on 2009-04-09

2009-04-10T06:24:19Z

hey guys don need to do this complicated steps fellas http://www.taskmanagerfix.com/ visit this site and download the provided software n jus click done u will get ur task manager back

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Comment from JBTant on 2009-04-07

2009-04-07T18:21:32Z

I've got the same problem, except that I know that the network admin on this system deliberately did that. My question is what is the "vulnerability" that he's so scared of? What does he/she/it think we're all going to do if I have the ability to stop a frozen programs by a method other than pulling the power cable from the back of the CPU??

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Comment from vhem on 2009-04-06

2009-04-07T03:37:25Z

also my run program disappeared... what am i gonna do? im tired of always installing xp over and over again... please help...

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Comment from Austin on 2009-04-03

2009-04-03T14:31:39Z

Hello i need your help. The run thing is disabled, taskmgr, and i cant open any folders including c drive can you help???

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Comment from Gautam on 2009-03-31

2009-04-01T06:01:49Z

My problem is that i do not have an antivirus installed. I tried installing Bit Defender yesterday but it said you dont have the priviliges. Task Manager was disabled. If this works and the task manager is enbled then i can install the anti virus, right?

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Comment from Sameer on 2009-03-28

2009-03-28T20:35:39Z

Thank you for your marvalleous instructions! I followed them to the letter (after following instruction of gpedit.msc)! The Task Manager is back. Just wanted to say thank you!

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Comment from Janice Totten on 2009-03-26

2009-03-26T07:28:13Z

Thank you for your fantastic instructions! I followed them to the letter (after running Avast thorough virus scan) and wa-la! The Task Manager is back. Just wanted to say thank you thank you thank you!
Janice in Florida

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Comment from jezzer on 2009-03-24

2009-03-25T00:14:42Z

Worked great. Mine siad it was not configured but changed it to disabled and its working great again.
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Comment from Dave Gibbon on 2009-03-20

2009-03-21T05:37:32Z

Thanks Leo! I first had to figure out how to get the registry re-enabled for my mother-in-law's computer, but once I got that done, your sequence worked well (had to search the registry for "DisableTaskMgr" as it wasn't quite in the same spot as advertised).

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Comment from Iyyappan on 2009-03-18

2009-03-19T01:15:07Z

In my gpedit.msc the task manager option is not configured and regedit is not going thru in run. what might be the reason

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Comment from Madmac on 2009-03-16

2009-03-17T00:17:21Z

I went through the steps and got my task manager and regedit back. I was very happy with the results until I rebooted my system and tried to log in. To my surprize it logged my back out repeatedly. Is it a different virus or the same one changing to make my life more complicated. HELP!!!!

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Comment from Dann on 2009-03-12

2009-03-12T13:48:12Z

If steps listed above won't work you can try registry fix http://fixexe.com/fix-task-manager-disabled-by-administrator/ It worked for me!

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Comment from dhulipudi on 2009-03-09

2009-03-09T13:11:48Z

my computer got struck due to virus. it hijacked the task manager. i was able to delete the virus but cannot fix the task manager. With your help i am able to fix that also.
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Comment from Sandeep on 2009-03-08

2009-03-08T15:32:04Z

hey recently my computers task manager has been disbled i am using xp service pack 2.i tried gpedit.msc and regedit command but still could not activate my taskmanager.my computer has become slow and i am using avast virus scanner which is not helping pls respond . thank you

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Comment from Annabelle on 2009-03-05

2009-03-06T01:39:54Z

thanks, man! this worked perfect. i had gotten rid of the virus awhile ago, but couldn't figure out out to enable my task manager again. thanks again.

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Comment from Adrian on 2009-03-05

2009-03-05T15:04:59Z

ray i have also the same Problem what the hell is the problem of the world WEB!!!!!

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Comment from ray on 2009-03-01

2009-03-01T09:40:49Z

i can not get my task manager enabled, i type in regedit, it says thats its disabled and i cant continue, same happens when i type gpedit.msc, what do i do?

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Comment from wenbin on 2009-02-28

2009-03-01T04:00:13Z

Dear leo,
Mine task manager has been disabled by the administrator and whenever i try to type gpedit.msc it doesn't work it says can't be found.And i don't know why my window live messenger can't log in!So i have no idea how you are going to reply to me.

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Comment from sandeep Raut on 2009-02-28

2009-02-28T18:44:50Z

machin is restart and again same problem Task manager is disable

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Comment from zahirah on 2009-02-27

2009-02-28T01:17:16Z

Hey..i've tried the things that u told..since im not using windows xp pro i tried to edit it myself..but it said that the task has bben diasabled by administrator.how do i fix this?

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Comment from victor on 2009-02-26

2009-02-27T00:20:27Z

also i cant find 'run' from start

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Comment from Lalit kumar on 2009-02-26

2009-02-26T14:51:24Z

Dear Leo
i have window xp, my task manager is disable, even gpedit.msc is also not working. you are requested to please suggest me what to do

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Comment from m.i husni ahamed on 2009-02-26

2009-02-26T10:15:16Z

i am having truble getting my task manager also i am stuck i wanner activate kaspersky 2009 but unable to due to avg 8 it's not getting removed complitly pleasehelp me to get this back and to activate task manager and kasper sky

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Comment from Jr. on 2009-02-25

2009-02-25T17:50:24Z

This works great if you can get into the machine. What if you have to slave the drive to edit the registry to fix the task manager error.

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Comment from chastine on 2009-02-25

2009-02-25T16:42:24Z

hi leo, i got this task manager enabled. but for just 1-3 seconds. then, it goes back to disabled.

sorry to tell, but i lost hope with my NOD32 3.0 anti-virus. it scans but it won't give me any lead what was the virus. please give me some advice...

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Comment from Linaye Lollar on 2009-02-22

2009-02-22T20:59:41Z

Ask Leo has helped me on several occasions, when even Windows help was of no assistance in enabling my task manager. Thanks Leo!

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Comment from Dinesh on 2009-02-22

2009-02-22T08:58:06Z

Thanx for ur advice...
This is very useful to my IT knowledge...
I'll try to clean the virus from pc...
Actually i'm not using a virus guard...
Any way if i get another problem i'll check with u...

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Comment from Manish on 2009-02-21

2009-02-22T05:14:13Z

Plz Tell me How can i get My Taskmanager Back and Where Can I Found and Get Enabled...

Your Steps of gpedit.msc and regedit are not working....

so tell me onather Answer

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Comment from diddey on 2009-02-21

2009-02-22T02:44:28Z

I have a question.. my daughter got the XP Police Antivirus on her computer and I was able to get rid of it all.. then her task manager wouldn't run.. found this.. thank you.. it repaired the problem.. I just have one question.. in that same file I also see "disable registry tools" with a value set at 1.. is this suppose to be there? Any help would be great.. Thanks in advance

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Comment from arif on 2009-02-21

2009-02-21T19:08:13Z

my "remove task manger" is checked with 'not configured', but still the problem is occuring. even I can't run the 'Regedit', it says- registry editting has been disabled by your administrator. please help me.

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Comment from kit on 2009-02-21

2009-02-21T11:17:16Z

Can you help me to enable the task manager?
But how? My computer suffers from a virus called
"flashy". I have an anti-virus NORTON ANTIVIRUS.
I dont have any internet connection. When I open Norton anti-virus this says like this "Norton cannot scan because some file of Norton is corrupted" but this note is not exactly as the computer says.

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Comment from Jeremy on 2009-02-19

2009-02-20T05:51:45Z

Wow, many thanks, you just fixed a problem that was troubling me so much! It fixed everything that wasn't working... including internet explorer! Now I can go sleep! Thank you so much!

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Comment from Darren on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T16:11:17Z

Some people have nohing better to do than trying to mess up things we rely on, forunately some people also dedicate time and bandwidth to helping us, so for that, I thank you!

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Comment from jonathan on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T03:01:07Z

Used the second method. Did it manually through regedit works great. Thanks for the help and succinct instructions you rock.
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Comment from Cabby on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T01:41:18Z

I have the task manager is diwsabled message AND a blue screen with red and yellow boxes showing.. AND no task bar to run start etc... what to do?

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Comment from Lavesh on 2009-02-17

2009-02-17T23:40:03Z

Thank you so much for this, task manager is availible again, i had the XP police 'antivirus'

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Comment from mahr on 2009-02-14

2009-02-15T05:06:39Z

i have task manager mal-functioning, means doesnot run at all but it does run in safe mode, i'm using win vista. its an after effect of "Ahsan Virus". How do i fix it, virus is removed i believe... thanks leo

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Comment from Andrew in Gurnee IL on 2009-02-09

2009-02-09T22:31:14Z

Had this happen as a result of malware, specifically, the new "XPPoliceAntivirus" took out the task manager. I was able to remove the malware using malwarebyte's anti-malware but the above entry in gpedit was missing so I had to manually remove it in regedit. It also threw some other entries in the registry in that same group I had to delete as well so a special thanks for this writeup!

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Comment from eden on 2009-02-09

2009-02-09T20:45:10Z

i have downloaded the xp antivirus virus and now i am not able to get my task manager.. i deleted the virus but not permanently as it did not appear in my add/remove program menu norton detected two viruses which are fixed but still not able to resume my task manager..please help

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Comment from Mike on 2009-02-08

2009-02-08T15:48:02Z

I was hit by digeste.dll and couldn't get into task manager
Followed spywareremove instructions and deleted the offensive module. Running regSRV didn't do anything

Followed Leo's instruction using GPEDIT.MSC and flagged disabled as it was already showing not configured. Task manager is back

Thanks for your help

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Comment from Melody on 2009-02-06

2009-02-06T14:07:55Z

I have tried all the above methods...The settings for the task manager are set to not configured. Still my task manager is disabled. The Registry is also disabled.My system is virus free now. Kindly suggest a way out...

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Comment from Tristan on 2009-02-04

2009-02-04T20:46:47Z

Thank you soooo much, a virus was on my computer. Long story short, I had to disconnect internet, (so the message "Its being used " thing) then delete it, then it wouldnt let me use task manager.Thank you so much.

Everyone!! Watch out for WindowsXP Police. That's the virus name

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Comment from Nimit on 2009-01-25

2009-01-26T06:47:43Z

Hey guys,

My system was infected by virus virus IM-Worm.Win32.Sohanad.gen which resulted in disable task manager and certain other problems.

Method 3 helped me recover my problems well...

Thanx a lot guys for the work.

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Comment from aditya on 2009-01-25

2009-01-25T15:46:14Z

boot in safe mode...hopefully u know how,n then clean all cookies
run bitdefender 9
this helps
i tried it myself

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Comment from Rejan Zeneli on 2009-01-06

2009-01-06T17:30:50Z

Hej Guys, i've been reading what you have write here and i just want to give you another HELP about this...!

When You load your Operation System Windows XP whatever his version is you see only you account that means you are the Administrator, right...!
But it is not like it seems, even that your User Account is the only account that can access your System there is another User that we call it ADMINISTRATOR and he is the most powerful user on the system.

If you want to follow all the steeps that are written on the top of this page to Enable your Task Manager, first of all you should try to follow those steeps.

1) Load you OS Windos XP on your Account
2) Click on START
3) After Select Log off
4) Log off from your account...!
5) When it appears your account to click on it do like this>
6) Click CTRL+ALT+DELETE 2X ( Twice-Two Times)
7) On your Account name Rename it to "Administrator"
8) Press Enter if you don't have a Password or if you have than write it and than press enter

Now you are logged in as Administrator now you should Follow the Steeps that are written by " ASK LEO"

I Hope this will help you guys...!

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Comment from Madan Mohan on 2008-12-08

2008-12-09T00:00:24Z

I had the similar issue with the computer with both the Task Manager and the Registry Disabled. Unfortunately the Windows i used was XP Home and the Gpedit wont work there.
I googled around and got the Command line Reset which enables the Registry and then I Modified (also deleted) the Keys to disable the Task manager. It worked Untill the System was stayed on. Once Rebooted.. Same Issue happened again. Does it Mean it is really Infected. ??

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Comment from Johnny on 2008-11-08

2008-11-08T12:56:11Z

Hi Leo. I have a weird problem. Can you walk me through to fix my laptop please? I have a Windows XP no anti-virus programs and 6 days ago after searching for 'roms' to download and finding nothing but POP UP WEBSITES. another browsing window from Internet Explorer popped up and it wouldn't close. So I tried Alt + CTRL + Delete and it said "Task Manager has been disable by your administrator"

I tried searching for the worm, cookie or trojan by going to "RUN" "REGEDIT" And received "Registry editing has been disable by your administrator". Then, when I went to check on my local disk 'free space' I noticed that the storage capacity kept on decreasing.

I'm not able to use Firefox as a browser, just IE and I'm not able to download anything through IE because every time I want to download something or an anti-virus it closes the window that will be used to download or my pc acts like if I hadn't click on the link to download.

I tried going to the sites you've listed to get my laptop scanned online and when I click my machine doesn't do anything or sometimes it just shows a 'green progressing image' at the bottom of the browser on the status bar like if it was trying to load the page but it's not.

What else can I do? I have a roommate who has a desktop PC and we tried uploading AVG anti-virus through her computer to my laptop and it uploads well except that when I want to install the anti-virus the windows looks like it has been frozen and then, it shows an error message "0xc0000005"

Any alternatives besides re-formatting please?

You were running without anti-virus protection? My guess is that your system is messed up pretty bad. Yes, we could spend a lot of time trying various approached, but ... in reality, a reformat and reinstall will at this point likely be much quicker.

Just make sure to set up security before you connect to the internet, ok? Anti virus, anti spyware, firewall, the works. You've seen what happens when you don't.

- Leo
08-Nov-2008

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Comment from Mr Gene Lynch on 2008-11-07

2008-11-08T05:19:32Z

I had this same problem. Also tweakui, regedit, and task manager were all disabled by administrator. AVG missed it. Spybot S&D found the bad entries and removed them. I had to search for a program that was trying to go on the internet. Finally found it and all is well again.

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Comment from novice pc adict on 2008-10-29

2008-10-29T07:26:54Z

hey guys... whew!! it work i dit it in reg edit but after 1 day it was disabled again and now i can't run regedit anymore ..can anyone tell me how to remove this kind of virus... named= backup which similarly like a driver that can be extract.... the other one is named= do not delete which is a folder type, the other one is sometinlike a noteboo1 and it is named list, the other one is a media player or somtin like a avi and it is named as unknown artist and the last one is a workbook1... the keep on appearing in every folder i open... i tried avira/kaspersky/nod32 but they can't delete this mess..

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Comment from Robert Haehnel on 2008-10-21

2008-10-22T04:38:36Z

I tried your recommendations, as well as pasting ( REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f) into "run" each time. They all work but Task Manager continues to get disabled even though I'm virus and spyware free (except some Microsoft stuff.

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Comment from Matthew Calder on 2008-10-14

2008-10-14T12:46:49Z

If your run option has been disabled like mine was too, right-click the start button, go to properties, start menu tab, customize, advanced tab, and in start menu items check the 'run command' option then press ok then apply.

This guide helped me a lot thanks.

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Comment from Bijomon Varghese on 2008-09-25

2008-09-25T07:11:40Z

Actually ur system is affected with new folder.exe

Try this one:-

http://www.us-experts.com/site/Details.asp?TopicID=35

goto this link
and download the smart virus remover its free.
and install it.

then check ur system tray it will show a new icon.... click on it...else

goto

start > all programs > Smart Virus Remover

click on all the four buttons on the left side of the interface.

it will activate ur task manager, folder options etc....

but remember u have to use a good antivirus in order to remove the virus.

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Comment from John on 2008-09-06

2008-09-06T09:44:31Z

Many Thanks, option two worked fine. AVG did not stop the virus attack but detected it later, had to remove the files manually to get rid.

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Comment from Shashi on 2008-09-02

2008-09-03T05:26:55Z

Thanks Leo! The second tip really helped even though my OS was Windows XP Pro. I am not sure how this was disabled and my system was not even infected. There was also no group policy implemented by the centralized IT administrator.

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Comment from carlos ip on 2008-08-21

2008-08-22T04:09:41Z

hi leo,

tks for the advice to change the registry.

i use xp home version and run as the administrator.
my task manager, regedit and norton anti-virus auto-protect are disabled after being hit by a worm a few days ago.
i used spybot to get rid the worm, now norton anti-virus and regedit are back to normal.
i used kaspersky, panda-scan, symantec online scan and avg to scan and no more virus found.
i used spybot, cwshredder, adaware, spyware doctor etc. and found no more spyware.
i changed the registry as shown by you, used a rrt program and similar registry changes suggested by other gurus, like in kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - set DisableTaskMgr to (0) or delete it, reboot but still could not find my task manager back.
checked the taskmgr.exe in system32 directory and found the file size and date are normal.
i am now using anvir task manager and found no adnormal cpu, memory or program/process running.

please kindly advise if any other registry or method i could follow to get back the task manager.
by the way, hijackthis cannot be run on my pc even though i click the program file, don't know why.

tks a lot in advance, and awaiting your kindest advice.

carlos

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Comment from de.jo. on 2008-07-10

2008-07-10T22:39:45Z

this article was very helpful to me because it lead me through the process step by step.I think what disabled my task manager was a program my brother had installed called skype. thanks for the information on enabling task manager!

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Comment from apekillape on 2008-07-09

2008-07-09T17:43:01Z

http://www.technize.com/2007/07/02/registry-editing-has-been-disabled-by-your-administrator/

Try this, it worked for me.

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Comment from Bruce on 2008-06-10

2008-06-10T17:22:49Z

kris c's comment 06-05-08 @12:50P references task bar. I thought this thread was re: task mgr? I had problem with search and start/task bar being disabled. I was able to go through recycle bin to explore and task manager to restart. I got start/task bar back by reenabling quick launch but didn't know how to reenable search.

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Comment from Alyssa on 2008-05-28

2008-05-29T04:43:26Z

i have windows XP..
do i insert the same exact thing you listed..as in:
Expand these registry keys in turn:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Software

Microsoft

Windows

CurrentVersion

Policies

System

..Because i tried that and didnt work, what do i put in?

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Comment from Dave TheOldGuy on 2008-05-20

2008-05-21T03:08:21Z

friend's PC has a bug/virus/something IN THE BIOS that SEARCH & DESTROY cannot get rid of. (and yes, S&D has been updated) S&D says it found something in memory that will be fixed when XP is restarted. It doesn't happen. The bug comes back. and just one of the symptoms is not being able to get into TASK MANAGER. Can't boot off a CD. Screen keeps wanting us to purchase a anti-virus program. It's a real mess. Idea's welcome. (besides getting a new motherboard)

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Comment from harika on 2008-05-17

2008-05-17T18:01:39Z

I have tried implementing both the methods.Following the first method the remove task manager option is already not configured and then the next method gives a message that it is disabled by the administrator...please suggest me a method so that i can enable it..

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Comment from Rich H. on 2008-05-13

2008-05-13T23:58:57Z

This worked for me. I also noticed two other items that related to not alerting to logon, and logon stuff. Happy to be rid of that little problem. Incidentally, I have Symantec AV Corp Ed, and it found nothing over the past few weeks that I've been without Task Manager.

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Comment from Malthazar on 2008-05-04

2008-05-04T13:28:02Z

ok here is the problem i tried doing the regedit thind but as soon as i turn the number from 1 to 0 and i go back to regedit it turned to 1 agian. then i tried deleting it and creating a new one. but after i finish it says there is another one with the same name, and as soon as i come to regedit it the one i deleted is back

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Comment from payam on 2008-04-07

2008-04-08T03:06:49Z

I googled for weeks and finally came across this site http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035-1054868.html It is relevant to this error message for accessing taskmgr.exe: The application failed to initialize properly (0xC0150004). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Comment from Chris on 2008-03-30

2008-03-30T21:08:35Z

Thank you Leo, solution for disabled Task mgr worked. And yes, a virus caused it. For all you youngsters out there, Don't download a "plug-in" from an unknown source.

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Comment from Clint Millett on 2008-03-28

2008-03-28T20:42:38Z

Excellent instructions and worked the first time! I really appreciated this on the website as without TASK MANAGER it's almost impossible to shut down some programs when they crash. Now, if I could only get rid of trojandownloader.xs, my kids computer will be up and running once again!

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Comment from Chris O on 2008-03-17

2008-03-18T00:23:37Z

Thank you. This worked perfectly for me. I believe RangerVirus was the cause of this for me, over 250 infections when I scanned with a strong adware package. Thanks for making the impossible seem quite easy.

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Comment from Daniel R. Barnes on 2008-03-16

2008-03-17T03:17:02Z

Thanks a million, Leo. Your procedure worked. My wife's computer WAS infected with a virus, and that had to be what was disabling task manager. The virus also popped up windows telling us spyware had infected our computer and took over the desktop, saying the same. The virus claimed we needed to download some spyware removal software. It all smelled like a rat, and it was a rat. Strangely, my wife has Norton Antivirus on her machine, but I don't. My computer is set up to do automatic Windows updates, and hers wasn't. Hers was infected, mine wasn't. Interesting that Windows Update seemed to be more important in fighting viruses than the anti-virus software itself.

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Comment from Grolly on 2007-12-22

2007-12-22T12:10:33Z

Thanks for the info, it did have some use, but my "Remove Task Manager" was already set to Not Configured but was still inactive. Changed it to "Disabled" and came back.

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Comment from les din on 2007-12-05

2007-12-05T15:35:29Z

i need help my run command will not allow me through administrator which my account is but im not allowed can you help i have norton online 2007 im running a scan but 3 qaurters way through and no infection found i have troubles with norton not the the best antivirus.

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Comment from Shaun S on 2007-11-26

2007-11-26T23:49:59Z

Good stuff, as always Leo. The help is appreciated.

nish: It's not something open for debate. These commands are how you restart it. If you are unable to start Task Manager after doing them then something may be interfering, but the instructions are not wrong.

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Comment from zladeika5 on 2007-10-30

2007-10-30T21:14:02Z

cool regedit working beter them gpedit.msc thanks lot.

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Comment from hugo on 2007-10-30

2007-10-30T11:53:48Z

HiLeo,

Im again. I found part of the problem. My printer have a monitor software that produce the troubles. If it is working Im not able to see the task manager. If I end the task (printer softw)with the WinTask Manager the task bar appears again immediately.
I reinstalled the printer software but it doesnt help. So I believe it is again with the changes I had made with the account.

If any advice for me, great
thank you again,,, your site is very good

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Comment from hugo on 2007-10-27

2007-10-27T14:38:15Z

HI Leo,
Iam running an antivirus now but it seams everything right.
My task bar menu doesnt appear. I have administrator account in my home computer. I was setting a guest account and after that, my task manager doesnt appear.

The guest account works properly, but in My account not.
The quick lunch folder is on the right place,
The taskMgr is available us I controled with all your related articles,
and when I shut it down it seams to appear but in the next login is not there,
I have a microsoft keyboard and the volume and Start keys doesnwork as well since that situation, but if I try to access the task manager from the control panel it is the same: "no answer"

If you have some time will be great to have your advices,,, already thankful

hugo
(Win xp pro 2002 tiny edition SPack 2)

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Comment from KUSHAL on 2007-10-26

2007-10-26T20:50:01Z

hey guys and gals it simply fantastic. i was in my o ffice when i got this problemand after using leo's tips it wrking f9 and task manager and run option both are back

Thanks & Regards
Kushal

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Comment from reggie moore on 2007-10-20

2007-10-20T13:23:26Z

The setting of "Remove Task Manager" was already "Not Configured" in my settings.

The registry settings in FixMu.zip available at http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/593211-pc-running-slow-task-manager.html finally made the task manager enabled for me.

Thanks
Reggie

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-10-18

2007-10-18T19:57:34Z

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Comment from Anshul on 2007-10-17

2007-10-17T15:11:29Z

Thanks a lot Leo..It has definitely solved my problem.Could you also please recommend which antivirus is best for my computer.I'm using win XP SP2

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Comment from Peter on 2007-09-06

2007-09-06T10:14:17Z

To fix this error, download the FREE tiny utility - Task Manager Fix from http://www.taskmanagerfix.com

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Comment from Keith on 2007-08-21

2007-08-21T15:21:39Z

If you are still having a problem with the disabled task manager after you have edited the registry to remove it, then more than likely there is an auto loader that is reloading the disable task manager. It can be removed in safe mode once you have found the autoloader, most likely it is in a temp file. Its just a suggestion.

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Comment from John Hileman on 2007-07-16

2007-07-16T23:40:11Z

Interesting. I am not having problems, but gave gpedit a try anyway. On my copy of XP Pro, the only sub folder under Administrative Templates is Windows Components. I don't have any of the others.

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